La Madre is an award-winning artisan bakery in Geelong producing sourdough breads and pastries since 2003.

We supply cafes, restaurants, retailers and foodservice customers across Victoria and pride ourselves on being a reliable partner 365 days a year.

Our Core Values

- Positivity and Optimism
- Teamwork and Respect
- Honesty and Accountability

The Opportunity

We're looking for someone who enjoys being out on the bakery floor as much as they do behind a computer.

You'll spend a significant portion of your day working directly with bakers, pastry chefs and dispatch staff, helping embed quality and food safety into everyday operations.

This hands-on role would suit an experienced QA Officer, Food Safety Officer or Technical Officer who is ready to take ownership of a site's quality, food safety and workplace compliance systems.

You'll be the person people turn to for guidance on HACCP, GMP, audits, food safety and quality systems. Success in this role requires strong communication skills and the ability to build positive working relationships across all areas of the bakery.

What You'll Be Doing

- Maintaining and overseeing La Madre's Quality Assurance, HACCP, GMP and Food Safety systems
- Maintaining quality documentation, specifications, records and corrective action systems to support compliance and continuous improvement
- Leading quality assurance activities and working closely with production teams to maintain food safety and compliance standards
- Preparing for, coordinating and participating in customer, HACCP certification and regulatory audits
- Delivering practical food safety and hygiene training
- Working with production teams to improve standards and solve problems
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- Leading cleaning, sanitation and environmental monitoring programmes




- Investigating quality issues and implementing corrective actions
- Managing supplier approvals, specifications and testing programmes
- Supporting recent product development and process improvements
- Driving continual improvement of cleaning, sanitation and GMP standards across the bakery
- Coordinating workplace health and safety programmes, incident investigations and corrective action processes

About You

You don't need to know everything, but you'll need to be confident, practical and comfortable working with people at all levels.

Ideally you'll have:

- Experience in a quality assurance, food safety or technical role within food manufacturing
- Strong working knowledge of HACCP and GMP systems
- Exposure to customer, certification or regulatory audits
- Experience delivering training or influencing positive change
- Excellent communication skills and confidence engaging with auditors, suppliers, managers and production employees alike
- A practical approach to problem solving and continuous improvement
- Proven ability to build trust, influence positive change and develop strong working relationships across the business
- Bakery experience will be highly regarded but is not essential.

Why Join La Madre?

- Salary $75,000 - $85,000 plus superannuation
- Established artisan bakery with a strong reputation
- Opportunity to make a genuine impact on food safety culture
- Supportive and down-to-earth team
- Autonomy to improve systems and drive change
- Variety, responsibility and room to grow

Recruitment Process

Applications will be reviewed as they are received; however, formal interviews are expected to commence week commencing 3 August 2026.

Suitable candidates may be contacted prior to this date for an initial discussion.

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📌 Quality Assurance Officer (Australia)
🏢 La Madre Bakery
📍 Australia